NextGen. NextGen Weather - An FAA Overview. Presented by: Mary M. Cairns NextGen Reduce Weather Impact Solution Set Coordinator Date: July 21, 2010

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1 NextGen Next Generation Air Transportation System Presented by: Mary M. Cairns NextGen Reduce Weather Impact Solution Set Coordinator Date: Mid Term Architecture Briefing and NextGen Implementation 1

2 NextGen is More than FAA Congress: NextGen is a systems engineering, management, and regulatory challenge as complex as any the nation has ever faced. Multi-agency partnership FAA has the implementation lead For weather, working with DOC, DoD, industry & academia 2

3 NextGen: Improving Service Delivery Today s NAS Ground-based Navigation and Surveillance Air Traffic Control Communications By Voice Disconnected Information Systems Air Traffic Control Fragmented Weather Forecasting Airport Operations Limited By Visibility Conditions Forensic Safety Systems NextGen Satellite-based Navigation and Surveillance Clearance Trajectories and Routine Information Sent Digitally Information More Readily Accessible Air Traffic Management Forecasts Embedded into Decisions Operations Continue Into Lower Visibility Conditions Prognostic Safety Systems 3

4 Solution Sets & NextGen Programs Solution Set Portfolios Transformational Programs Initiate Trajectory Based Operations Increase Flexibility in the Terminal Environment Increase Arrivals/Departures at High Density Airports Improve Collaborative ATM Reduce Weather Impact (RWI) Increase Safety, Security, and Environmental Performance Automatic Dependent Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B) Collaborative Air Traffic Management Technologies (CATM-T) System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) Data Communications (Data Comm) NAS Voice System (NVS) NextGen Network-Enabled Weather (NNEW) Transform Facilities Solution Sets provide portfolios of NextGen capabilities 4

5 Solution Set Managers Team Roles and Responsibilities Solution Set Managers Team (AJP-31) Develop NextGen Portfolio Work Plan - Develop NextGen Portfolio Performance Report (Technical, and Capability Level) - Coordination of Project Level Agreements (PLA) (Technical Content) - Coordination of Resource Planning Documents (RPDs) (Technical Content) - Support NAS Engineering Architecture Roadmap Update Activities - Lead NextGen Budget Planning and Optimization - Participate on Working Groups and Special Committees - FAA/NASA Research Technology Transition Teams (RTT s) - JPDO Weather Working Group - ICAO Working Group - Provide information to, e.g., OMB, GAO, IG - Outreach activities (i.e., REDAC, RTCA, Technical Women s Organization, etc.) 5

6 NextGen Integration and Implementation Spans the Full Life Cycle Solution Set Activities Initial Investment Decision/ Investment Analysis Readiness Decision Final Investment Decision Degree of Uncertainty Foundational Research Applied Research/System Development Initial Operating Capability Prototyping, Demos and other Risk Reduction Activities Implementing Known Solutions Operations Acquisition and Implementation Activities Increasing Degree of Maturity 6

7 NextGen Weather The Challenge Weather accounts for: 70% of delays* 21% of accidents** Demand exceeds capacity in weather Weather information is not well integrated into NAS operational decision making Lack of common weather information decision makers Inconsistent and efficient access and formats for weather data Insufficient accuracy and resolution of weather information Weather information not currently usable by decision support tools Support transition from legacy systems to NextGen *OpsNet 2007 **AIA data ( ) 7

8 NextGen: Improvements in All Phases of Flight Weather Goal To provide advanced weather information (e.g., 0-8h convective forecasts) to enable improved collaborative planning and efficient utilization of resources (e.g., airspace, airports) to optimize operations & reduce the impact of weather from gate to gate. 8

9 NextGen Weather Contributions to Solutions Sets Aircraft & Operator Requirements Air Traffic Operations Airport Development Trajectory Based Operations High Density Arr/Dep Terminals and Airports Flexible Terminals and Airports Collaborative ATM Reduce Weather Impacts Safety, Security and Environment Transform Facilities Improved forecast accuracy and access provide better flow management, assessment of alternative flows Access to weather information indexed to aircraft and weather type Improved forecast of airport/runway weather impacts Improved situational awareness for dynamic separation management (e.g. wake vortex information) Provide weather indexed to aircraft and weather type Improved forecast accuracy and access provide better flow management, assessment of alternative airport flows Provide authoritative source of weather information with improved forecasts and current conditions to plan individual flights or flows Identifies flight specific reroutes for weather related congestion and assess the impact of those planned re-routes Increase timeliness and accuracy of tailored weather information to facilitate proactive Air Traffic Management and air carrier avoidance actions. Provide weather indexed to aircraft and weather type Improved forecast of airport/runway weather impacts 9

10 NextGen Weather Portfolio And Coordination NNEW RWI-Weather Forecast Improvements RWI- Weather Observation Improvements Aviation Weather Group (AJP-68) Aviation Weather Services (AJW-47) Systems Operations Services (AJR) NextGen Solution Sets 10